DIF AGENDA

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12:00 PM | Arrival & Networking Reception

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12:50 PM | Opening Remarks​

• Speaker: Rob Mendoza

• Title: Founder & CEO, TMAG Global Corporation | Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Vancouver International Security Summit (VISS)

• Description: Opening overview of the Defence Industrial Forum, Canada's evolving Defence Industrial Strategy, procurement modernization, allied cooperation, sovereign capability development, and the “Build, Partner, Buy” framework.

 

1:00 PM | NATO Strategic Alignment & Allied Industrial Cooperation

• Speaker: Jeffrey Reynolds

• Title: Senior fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security, Atlantic Council

 

1:20 PM | Operational Lessons from Ukraine & Modern Battlefield Requirements

• Speaker: Col. Erik Andresen

• Title: Canadian Armed Forces Attaché to Ukraine

 

1:40 PM | Defence Export Development, International Procurement Pathways and Financing Opportunities

• Speakers:

  • Matthew Laviriere – Senior Export Advisor, Canadian Commercial Corporation

  • Grant McDonald – Managing Director, Pivotas

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2:10 PM | Industrial Participation, Defence Innovation & Emerging Capability Development

• Speakers:

  • Glen Lynch – President & CEO, Volatus Aerospace Inc.

  • Chris Hood – CEO, CTRL

  • Tom Rose – Director, Industrial Participation, Thales

 

2:40 PM | Keynote Address

• Speaker: Christiane Fox

• Title: Deputy Minister, Department of National Defence

 

3:10 PM | Executive Networking Reception

 

4:00 PM | Conclusion of the Forum